SculptureItalian17th century
Madonna and Child
1625-1650
Artists
Alessandro AlgardiArtist
Dimensions
53.7 × 30.3 × 20.5 cm (21 1/8 × 11 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.) with base: 54 cm (21 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., sold [through Sotheby's, New York, 1989, lot 156]; to Peter Jay Sharp, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, January 13, 1994, lot 47]; to Alexis Gregory, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
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